While its allies struck a nuclear deal
with Iran, Canada decided to skip the parade. The United States, the
European Union, the United Nations will all lift an array of economic
sanctions under the agreement, but Canada, at least for now, has no
plans to follow suit. ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson, in
a statement issued Tuesday, expressed appreciation for the “efforts” of
the so-called P5-plus-one group that struck the deal with Iran – the
U.S., Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany. But Canada, Mr.
Nicholson said, “will continue to judge Iran by its actions not its
words.” Ottawa will examine the deal more before changing any policy, he
said.

“This is a good deal for the United States,” said President Clinton.
“North Korea will freeze and then dismantle its nuclear program. South
Korea and our other allies will be better protected. The entire world
will be safer as we slow the spread of nuclear weapons.”

An American
univerisity student being held in North Korea has said he has been
"treated in the most humanitarian way" since entering the country
illegally.

Won Moon Joo, a South Korean who holds permanent residency in the
United States, was arrested in April when he crossed the Amnok River,
also called the Yalu River, from the Chinese border town of Dandong.

On Tuesday, the business studies student at New York University was
allowed to speak to reporters in Pyongyang but gave no explanation for
entering the country.

"I would like to tell my family I'm healthy, I hope to be home soon and to tell them not to worry too much," he said.

"I've eaten three meals a day, exercised daily, given books to read to
pass the time. I've been quite healthy and I've been taken care of very
well with good people."

Mr Joo also publicly admitted that he has broken North Korean laws.

"I fully acknowledge that I broke the law by illegally entering the
DPRK and I sincerely apologise, but I hope to be treated generously by
the DPRK government," he said.

Well, now that he has been forced to apologise, what will South Korea or the US give North Korea to free him?

The U.N. has requested Beijing for an explanation of its
decision to repatriate 29 North Korean defectors last August, and of their
current status in North Korea. [….]

The U.N. Commission of Inquiry is particularly concerned about
the status of human-trafficking victims and illegal immigrants in China, and
the persecution or torture, as well as the long detentions that await returnees
in North Korea, South Korean outlet No Cut News reported.

North Korean women also are vulnerable to forced abortions
and sexual assault after repatriation, according to the U.N.

The forced abortions on repatriated women have been
performed because Chinese men have impregnated the women, according to the
Brookings Institution.

In a follow-up to China’s report, the U.N. said it had
received information a 1-year-old child was one of the 29 North Koreans
repatriated in August 2014.

Premier Kathleen Wynne says Prime Minister Stephen Harper is playing
politics by refusing to co-operate with Ontario's new pension plan, and
warns voters will question his motives in the upcoming election
campaign.

I'm sorry. She's not fat.

Her proposed pension plan is just another example of her failure as a leader and a human being to lead the province she was elected to run.